HEMSWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1921-67
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The Noticeboard Index (Open Format)
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From the Panoramic 1954-55
Gowns and unusually stern expressions from the Senior Management Team. They were really just holding themselves still while the camera panned around.
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L-R: Miss Smith, Mr Hamilton, Mr Collette
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Melvyn Thomas
Great record of a great school. I cannot help but think that education is very much poorer for the dismembering of this education system.

​Updated 16.02.2025
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Mr Hamilton (WGB A1 RWH)
The School Office 1937-39 (WGB A2 SO)

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Mr Hamilton (1967) at the end of his career as Headmaster of Hemsworth Grammar School.
Hello Dave,
I am just writing to congratulate you on the Hemsworth Grammar School site. I am researching my family tree and knew my great uncle, Russell Hamilton, was once headmaster of a school, but until recently did not know any more details. Through a genealogy website, I was able to get his teaching history and after doing a Google search on Hemsworth, was overjoyed at finding details and pictures of my great uncle. I did meet him but twice on visits to the UK in the late 1980’s and was struck by his warmth, kindness and intellect. To see photos of him as a young man and read about the school he spent so many of his years at brings tears to my eyes.
Congratulations on a wonderful site.
Regards
Lisa Smith
(August 2006)

Photos from May 1951.
As we were after one HGS Year.
Updated 20.12.2024
1A 1950-51
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Photo contributed by Peter Dallas and Ray Noble. Thank you. Names from Geoff Govier and Adele Whittaker. Thank you.

Back Row L-R: Brian Keith, Lowe, Fell, Geoff Munn, Malcolm Slatter, Norman Yates, Colin Garbett, Clive Goodwin, Pete Dallas.
Second Row L-R: James Waite, Gordon Hinchcliffe, B. Smith, Sheila Baker, Edith Horbury, Adele Whittaker, Bernice Cook, Helen Copcutt, Sylvia Fox, Bill Sykes, Johnny Johnson
Front Row L-R: Jean Snookes, Judith Hanks, Enid Horton, Marion Parkinson, Wendy Taylor, Mr. Young, Wendy Jennings, Dorothy Nichols, Diane Glew, Leslie Hemingway, Kathleen Corcoran

Wendy Jennings received the Form Prize
1B 1950-1951
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Photo from Bryan and Malcolm Thomas. Thank you. Additional and corrected names have been sent in by Ray Noble. Thank you, Ray. Other names and corrections have been sent in by Geoff Govier. Thanks, Geoff.

Back Row L-R: Ronnie Nash, Eric Brown, Billy Hewitt, Edwin Sanderson, Brian Moore, Tom Wheatcroft, Bernard Smith, Alan Ardron, Victor Bentham
Middle Row L-R: Brian Mart, Tony Beckett, Bob Donkin, Nigel Greasley, Ray Noble, Colin Richardson, Roy Homer, Jeff Hudson, Brian White, George Thompson
Front Row L-R: Marlene Slatford, Irene Evans, Clara Bexon, Maureen Dawson, Colin Thomas, Mr. Dodd, Elaine Picken, Dot McKintire, Brenda Hartley, Una Rimington, June Bradley

Roy Homer received the Form Prize
1C 1950-51
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Back Row L-R: Waring, John Abbott, Robert Davison, Bernard Smith, William Tate, John Riggott, Geoffrey Marston, Jim Barber, Arthur Tickle. Third Row L-R: M. Rushton, Margaret Sykes, Marilyn Morley, Mary Oates, Mary Hartley, Jean Crosskill, E. Banwell, Olwen Carter, E. Dale. Second Row L-R: Tony Heeley, Wright, Hall P., Gambles, Miss Horsfield, E. McNeill, Iris Turner, Christine Seacoroft, R. Fewster
Front Row L-R: Williams, Woolley, Annice Roberts, Dorothy Brown.
1D 1950-51
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Back Row L-R: Michael Cook, Pacy, Brian Lodge, Vernon Kelly, David King, Brian Webb
Third Row L-R: Ann Sanderson, H. Wilson, Ann Ward, Mavis Marsden, M. Birkin, Brenda Pawson, C. Walker, S. Lockett, I. Haskey, D. Lockett Second Row L-R: Bates R., Fisher A., Sid Kenningham, Bassinder, Mr. Taylor, M. Prendergast, D. Hurdley, S. Cooling, Dorothy Bolton
Front Row L-R: Meryl Picken, E. Crawshaw, M. Pearson

Photos from the earlier years
On the HGS Front Entrance Steps
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The HGS Rugby 1st XV 1940-41
This was Mr Leonard's first year as a teacher at HGS.
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Back Row L-R: Mr. Leonard, Peter Ineson, Geoffrey Jowitt, Hubert Lawton, James O’Hara, William Marsden, Kenneth Toulson, Donald McAllister.
Middle Row L-R: Charles Chapman, Geoffrey Harwood, Leslie Street, Mr. Hamilton, Frank Mugglestone, Donald Major, James Walker
​Front Row L-R: Charles Hellewell, Jimmy Halsall M., Alan Johnson
The HGS Girls' Hockey 1st XI 1940-41
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Back Row L-R: Margaret Townend, Dorothy Grange, Patricia Morris, Joyce Gill, Jean Wilson, Edna Clayton, Marjorie Tiffany.
Front Row L-R: Florence Hart, Betty Clayton, Miss Rainford, Doreen Lawton, Edna Harper.

Results: Played 10, Won 9, Lost 1

This version of the Noticeboard is now complete.
26.02.2025
Please note that the drawings on this website are published with the permission of the artist Mr G. Holdsworth.
​Hemsworth Secondary/Grammar School 1921-67
Headmasters: Major A.G. Jenkinson M.A. (Oxon) and Mr. R.W. Hamilton M.A., M.Litt.
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Many images on the site come from Stephen Batey and Glenn Riley, both are former pupils. They are indicated by "Photo: Batey" or "Photo: Riley" below them.
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  • Origin 1
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  • Other Topics
  • Panoramics
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  • Speech Days
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  • Sports Day 1965, 66 and 67
  • Staff and Governors Index
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  • The Articles Index
  • The Dell in 2004
  • The Photos Page
  • The School Office
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  • Visits